After leaving school, Brieffies trained as a medical assistant. In her spare time she sang in various bands, including the VIPs. In 1979 she joined the newly formed girl group Dolly Dots, who went on to become one of the most popular groups of the 1980s in the Netherlands. The band also enjoyed some success in Germany and Belgium. The single "Love Me Just a Little Bit More", featuring Brieffies on lead vocals, topped the Dutch singles chart for one week in 1984.[1]
Solo careeredit
Brieffies was generally regarded as Dolly Dots' most accomplished singer. After the group split up in 1988, she continued her career as a solo singer. In 1989 she recorded "Love Always Finds a Reason", a duet with American singer Glenn Medeiros which reached the Dutch top 20. She later performed with her own jazz group, the Ria Brieffies Kwintet.
In the 1990s Brieffies retired from the music industry and became a qualified manicurist/pedicurist, before reuniting with the Dolly Dots in 2007 for a comeback tour which included three concerts to sell-out audiences of 10,000 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam.
Illness and deathedit
Ria Brieffies was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2008 and died on 20 July 2009, aged 52.[2]
brieffies, maria, petronella, brieffies, february, 1957, july, 2009, dutch, singer, best, known, member, 1980s, girl, group, dolly, dots, background, informationbirth, namemaria, petronella, brieffiesborn, 1957, february, 1957lutjebroek, netherlandsdied20, jul. Maria Petronella Ria Brieffies 23 February 1957 20 July 2009 was a Dutch singer best known as a member of 1980s girl group Dolly Dots Ria BrieffiesBackground informationBirth nameMaria Petronella BrieffiesBorn 1957 02 23 23 February 1957Lutjebroek NetherlandsDied20 July 2009 2009 07 20 aged 52 Westerland NetherlandsGenresGirl group jazzOccupation s SingerYears active1979 1988 2007 comeback Websiteriabrieffies wbr com Contents 1 Life 2 Solo career 3 Illness and death 4 ReferencesLife editAfter leaving school Brieffies trained as a medical assistant In her spare time she sang in various bands including the VIPs In 1979 she joined the newly formed girl group Dolly Dots who went on to become one of the most popular groups of the 1980s in the Netherlands The band also enjoyed some success in Germany and Belgium The single Love Me Just a Little Bit More featuring Brieffies on lead vocals topped the Dutch singles chart for one week in 1984 1 Solo career editBrieffies was generally regarded as Dolly Dots most accomplished singer After the group split up in 1988 she continued her career as a solo singer In 1989 she recorded Love Always Finds a Reason a duet with American singer Glenn Medeiros which reached the Dutch top 20 She later performed with her own jazz group the Ria Brieffies Kwintet In the 1990s Brieffies retired from the music industry and became a qualified manicurist pedicurist before reuniting with the Dolly Dots in 2007 for a comeback tour which included three concerts to sell out audiences of 10 000 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam Illness and death editRia Brieffies was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2008 and died on 20 July 2009 aged 52 2 References edit Top 40 week 3 1984 Obituary in Dutch Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ria Brieffies amp oldid 1162861133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
